A major Democratic group is taunting Republicans who skipped the RNC with fake 'Texts from Trump'

A major group backing Democratic candidates isn't letting
Republican members of Congress off the hook for skipping the
Republican National Convention.

Emily's List, a political group that backs female Democratic
pro-abortion rights candidates, rolled out a new digital campaign
on Wednesday called "#TextsFromTrump" aimed at reminding voters
that while many Republican candidates aren't attending Trump's
convention, they share some of Trump's policy views.

A reference to the "Texts from Hillary" meme, the fake texts —
the first of several batches the group will release — detail
areas like raising the minimum wage and opposing equal-pay
legislation where Trump is on the same page with candidates like
Sens. John McCain, Kelly Ayotte, and Mark Kirk.

"Vulnerable Republican incumbents might try to run as far away as
they can from Trump's convention, but they can't hide from their
own party's dangerous agenda," said Marcy Stech, the
organization's vice president of communications.

"While they may not be sharing the stage with Donald Trump, they
share the same agenda: banning abortion, ignoring equal pay, and
marginalizing women."

Many Republican candidates up for reelection in battleground
states and districts have attempted to distance themselves from
the Republican presidential nominee.

McCain offered his support for Trump but has called on the
real-estate magnate to apologize to veterans for his
controversial comments about prisoners of war. Ayotte said
earlier this year that she would "support" but not explicitly
endorse Trump. Kirk
outright un-endrosed Trump, saying that he will instead
write in former CIA director David Petraeus, who garnered
bipartisan praise for creating the successful 2007 troop surge in
Iraq but resigned after leaking classified information to his
biographer.

The "Texts from Trump" coincide with a major $20 million joint
effort between Emily's List and the Clinton-aligned super PAC
Priorities USA to
mobilize millennial women voters.

Last week, the millennial-focused program kicked off with a $1.5
million digital ad buy in nine battleground states promoting a
series of videos that highlight some of Trump's inflammatory
statements about women and minorities.